With the inclusion of Rugby 7s in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 2014 Youth Summer Olympics in Nanjing, China
will feature the sport as well. The United States will be sending
twelve boys and twelve girls to represent the Stars and Stripes.

Selections for the squads are made through a number of different
mediums. Various camps around the country, including those held at
Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, aided in player
identification. In addition, Regional All-Star Tournaments and High
School All-American events were critical in searching for talent. The coaching staff attended a
number of tournaments around the country, while also sending scouts to
tournaments they could not attend. High Quality youth teams are certainly
given a strong look, while recommendations from within the rugby
community, Rising Stars Rugby Academy, were also considered.

”Rugby is great. The players don’t wear helmets or padding; they
just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer.
I love that.”

Joe Theismann, American football player.

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Perry Baker (Fl.) is an American rugby sevens player for the United
States national rugby sevens team. With over 110 tries, Baker ranks
second all-time in the list of leading try-scorers for the U.S. national
sevens team. Former American sprinter.